| Note |
Previously published: London ; New York : Bantam, 2002. |
| Summary |
The highly publicized events leading up to the 2001 publication of the Human Genome draft sequences in Nature (the public sequence) and Science (Celera's private, i.e., patented, sequence) form the outline of this book. The story goes back 15-plus years, the cast of characters is large and international, and the events are still a work in progress. Sulston won the Nobel prize in medicine and physiology and formerly headed the Sanger Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, a major Human Genome sequencing center. Here, he gives a firsthand account of the excitement, hard work, vision, and daring needed to move from worm biology to recommending sequencing of the human genome, while senior and influential colleagues argued vigorously against it. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index. |
| Contents |
With the worms -- On the map -- In business -- Megalomania -- Rivals -- Playing politics -- In the open -- Our genome. |
| Local Note |
Purchased by the Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. |
| Subjects |
Human Genome Project.
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| MeSH Subjects |
Genetics, Medical -- history.
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United States.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Genome, Human.
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| Local Term |
Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. donor
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| Other Author |
Ferry, Georgina.
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| ISBN |
0309084091 |
| OCLC/Bib Util # |
50554275 |
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